Chapter 034: Park News
"Dad, hurry up!"
"Hoo, hoo, hoo, no, I can't run anymore, I really can't run anymore—"
Shi Yue collapsed on a bench in the park, gasping for breath and waving his hands to indicate to Shi Qiu Shui that he really had no strength left.
Shi Qiushui looked at Shi Yue with wide eyes and sighed helplessly: "Okay, let's take a break."
She swung her arms and legs and trotted over to the bench and sat down.
The little girl had been running all morning and was actually tired. The sweat on her forehead slid down her rosy little face. She raised her hand to wipe it away, fanned herself with her hand, and said, "It's so hot!"
Shi Yue, who was fanning himself by grabbing the collar of his short sleeves, nodded in agreement when he heard this.
Yes, it’s hot and stuffy today, as if it’s going to rain.
He looked at the clouds in the sky, which seemed to be getting a little gloomy.
He looked at Shi Qiushui and said, "Xiaoqiu, we've almost run enough today, and the sky is getting overcast. Why don't we go home?"
Shi Qiushui shook his head and refused decisively: "No."
The little girl said seriously, "Dad, we agreed to run two laps around the park every day. You didn't run enough yesterday, so you were supposed to make up for it today. But you haven't even finished both laps yet. How can you go home?"
"Do I still have to make up for yesterday's? Ah——" Shi Yue wailed in despair.
Shi Qiu Shui pushed his arm, trying to get him up, but Shi Yue was like a pool of soft and sticky snot, stuck tightly to the bench, and Shi Qiu Shui couldn't move him at all.
Shi Qiushui put his hands on his hips and complained dissatisfiedly: "Dad, didn't you say that you would support me no matter what I do? Since you support me, you should get up and continue running with me!"
Shi Yue covered his ears with his hands, pretending not to hear what Shi Qiu Shui said.
Although he supported all of Shi Qiu Shui's decisions, he really couldn't support running.
Shi Qiushui: "Dad——"
"Okay, okay, I'll keep running with you." Shi Yue stood up with a painful look on his face, and started jogging away with Shi Qiu Shui.
He ran slowly, like a turtle, and secretly cursed Zhao Hui for being so talkative.
If Zhao Hui hadn't told Xiaoqiu that even if he couldn't get into university, he could still become a policeman. He could first join the army and then transfer to the public security bureau, but he needed to be physically fit to be a soldier. Xiaoqiu wouldn't have excitedly dragged him for a morning run to exercise.
Shi Yue was complaining in his heart, and his face showed some reluctance. Shi Qiushui saw it, sighed helplessly, and said, "Dad, this is just one lap. You run this lap with me, and then we won't run anymore, okay?"
Shi Yue's eyes lit up: "Don't I have to make up for yesterday's laps?"
Shi Qiushui: "No need."
Hearing Shi Qiu Shui say this, Shi Yue was finally happy. He cheered up and increased the speed of his steps a little bit. Although he was still jogging, at least he was not as slow as before.
Shi Yue reluctantly ran a lap with Shi Qiu Shui, then immediately sat down on the bench and didn't move. Shi Qiu Shui pursed his lips helplessly, sat down next to Shi Yue, patted Shi Yue's arm with his little hand, and said.
"Dad, are you really that tired?"
Shi Yue nodded, he was really tired!
He didn't like sports in the first place, and he was able to finish one lap because the original owner had a strong physique and was not too tired after running one lap. But when he ran the second lap, he really couldn't do it.
He lifted the hem of his clothes to fan himself and said unhappily, "I'm so tired!"
Shi Qiushui blinked his big eyes and said, "Dad, you're tired because you don't exercise enough. You need to exercise more in the future!"
She had already felt a little soft-hearted and thought that she didn't need her father to accompany her for morning runs anymore, but when she saw Shi Yue's increasingly protruding belly, the softness in her heart immediately disappeared.
You know, Shi Yue used to be in great shape, with all the tendons on his body, without a trace of fat, let alone a small belly. Shi Yue has only been here for half a month, and he already has a small belly!
Shi Qiu Shui looked at Shi Yue in front of him and shook his head fiercely.
No, she won't allow her father to become a fat man!
Therefore, Shi Yue must follow her for morning jogging and exercise, and don’t even think about being lazy!
Shi Yue didn't even notice that he had a small belly. He looked at Shi Qiushui in shock and said, "My daughter, you are so cruel. I, your father, am so tired, and you actually think I don't exercise enough?!"
Shi Qiushui: "Dad, I see you seem to have strength again now. How about you make up for the lap you missed yesterday?"
Hearing this, Shi Yue immediately shook his head. No, he didn't want to make up for the loss.
He was afraid that if he said another word of nonsense, Shi Qiu Shui would pull him to run, so he shut his mouth decisively.
Shi Qiu Shui just said it to scare him, and had no intention of really forcing him to make up for the loss. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he didn't mean to continue speaking.
Today is Sunday, and Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui don't have to go to work or school, and don't have to rush home, so the father and daughter just sit quietly on the bench, feeling the fresh morning air, the gentle sunlight filtering through the leaves, the crisp and melodious chirping of birds and cicadas, and the occasional music from a dance group not far away.
Shi Qiushui held her chin up, her big black eyes rolling around. Suddenly, as if she had discovered some big gossip, she pulled Shi Yue and said, "Dad, it's Grandma Li!"
Shi Yue followed her gaze and saw that the aunt leading the dance troupe not far away was none other than Li Xiuying!
Shi Qiushui: "So Grandma Li's dance team rehearses here!"
After being surprised for a moment, she realized that this small park was the only park in this area. Although the park was not big, it was beautifully built and had a good environment. Usually, residents nearby came here for exercise and walks. It was not surprising that Li Xiuying's dance team came here to rehearse.
Shi Qiu Shui looked at the lead dancer Li Xiuying in surprise. She saw that Li Xiuying, who was standing at the front of the dance team, danced gracefully. Every step and every turn revealed her elegance. She was completely different from the Li Xiuying who usually acted like a fighting cock when she quarreled in the compound.
"Hey, I didn't expect that Aunt Li has this side to her."
Shi Yue touched his chin and expressed what Shi Qiu Shui was thinking.
Shi Qiu Shui nodded vigorously, and continued to stare at Li Xiuying with his shining eyes. Grandma Li is so beautiful like this!
At the end of the song, Li Xiuying let go of her dance partner's hand and prepared to go to the side to take a break. When Shi Qiu Shui was about to go up to talk to Li Xiuying, an old man with a slicked-back hair and a straight shirt walked up to Li Xiuying first.
The old man held a bottle of Beibingyang soda and handed it to Li Xiuying hesitantly. Because they were some distance apart, Shi Qiu Shui didn't know what he said. He could only see his red ears and his hands nervously pinching his pants.
Shi Qiushui's eyes shone with gossip, and he said, "Dad, there's something wrong with Grandma Li!"
Shi Yue also saw the old man approaching. He raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, "That's interesting."
What’s even more interesting is that when the dance partner who was originally dancing with Li Xiuying saw the old man coming with the soda, his expression became noticeably serious. He stood beside Li Xiuying with his chest puffed out, as if declaring his presence to the old man holding the soda.
The old man holding the soda looked at Li Xiuying's dance partner with a sting in his eyes, and the tit-for-tat posture of the two people was visible to the naked eye.
Shi Qiu Shui opened his mouth into an "o" shape and stared at the three people with burning eyes.
Two men competing for one woman, so exciting!
Even Shi Yue couldn't help but have his eyes shining at this moment.
I didn’t expect that Aunt Li is so charming!
The father and daughter didn't even try to hide their feelings and stared straight at Li Xiuying and the other two. Li Xiuying was no fool and quickly noticed the two fiery gazes. She turned her head and quickly discovered the father and daughter with a look of watching the fun written all over their faces.
Li Xiuying: ...
She twitched her lips speechlessly, and walked straight towards Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui, ignoring the two men beside her.
Li Xiuying: "Xiaoshi, Xiaoqiu, are you watching the fun?"
"Yeah, ah, no, no, I'm not here to watch the fun." Shi Yue realized that he had spoken his true feelings and quickly made amends, "I'm not here to watch the fun, no, I'm here to appreciate your graceful dance moves."
Li Xiuying rolled her eyes at Shi Yue and said, "Slippery."
Shi Yue chuckled and said, "No, I'm not being glib. I'm speaking from the heart. You danced so well just now. If I didn't know you, I would have guessed which art troupe you retired from!"
"If you don't believe me, ask others how you dance. I don't believe anyone would say you dance badly." Shi Yue, who was watching the fun, pointed at the two old men who came after Li Xiuying. "Look, aren't there two uncles here? Why don't you ask them what they think of your dance?"
When the two old men heard this, they didn't give Li Xiuying a chance to speak, and started praising Li Xiuying one after another.
Neither of them would give in. One said Li Xiuying's dancing steps were graceful, while the other said Li Xiuying's dancing posture was light. One said Li Xiuying's movements were soft and beautiful, while the other said Li Xiuying's posture was elegant. Seeing that the two of them were about to start quarreling while praising each other, Li Xiuying couldn't stand it anymore.
She frowned and shouted, "Shut up!"
She rolled her eyes at her dance partner and the old man delivering soda, and said unhappily, "Has that been enough praise? And what about your clever and cunning moves? Those who know will say you're praising me, while those who don't will think you're insulting me. If you know how to praise, praise me. If you don't, don't do it blindly."
After being scolded by Li Xiuying, the two old men immediately stopped talking nonsense. They looked at Li Xiuying hesitantly, as if they wanted to say something but didn't dare to open their mouths.
Li Xiuying held her forehead with her hand, a headache coming on. She looked at the old man delivering the soda and asked, "Old Liu, tell me first. What do you want to tell me?"
Old Liu, the soda delivery man, blushed and stammered, "Well, well, Xiuying, isn't it, isn't it, aren't we changing dance partners next week? I wanted to ask you, can you be my new partner?"
Li Xiuying refused without a second thought: "No."
Upon hearing this, a hint of joy flashed across the face of Li Xiuying's former dance partner.
Li Xiuying turned her head and looked at him, asking, "Old Chen, it's your turn. The dance is over, why don't you leave? What do you want from me?"
Old Chen smiled and said, "Nothing. I just wanted to ask you if we could continue dancing with you next week without changing partners. Now it seems I don't need to ask. You should continue to be my partner, right?"
Unexpectedly, Li Xiuying shook her head: "No, I've found a new partner."
Hearing this, both Old Liu and Old Chen showed surprised expressions.
"Who?! Who's your new partner?!"
"Yeah, Xiuying, who are your new partners if not us two?"
Li Xiuying: "Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou is my new partner. He told me about it last week."
Old Chen clenched his fists. "Great, this Old Zhou! I asked him before why he wasn't in a hurry to find a dance partner, and he clearly told me that he wasn't a good dancer and wasn't planning on participating in the competition, so he wasn't in a hurry to find a dance partner!"
Old Liu glared and said, "He told me the same thing!"
"Humph! That damned Old Zhou! I'm going to settle the score with him!"
"Let's go! I'm going too!"
Realizing that they were cheated by Old Zhou, Old Chen and Old Liu didn't care about Li Xiuying beside them, and left angrily to settle the score with Old Zhou.
After sending away the two troublesome men, Li Xiuying was obviously relieved. These two men were too annoying and it was too embarrassing to quarrel with them. Fortunately, they were relieved because of Lao Zhou.
She let out a long breath, and then choked halfway through, "Huh—hiccup."
She looked at the Shi family father and daughter, who had gossipy eyes, and said unhappily, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui smiled but said nothing.
Li Xiuying: "Speak up, tell me what's going on!"
Shi Qiushui blinked but remained silent. Instead, Shi Yue smiled and said, "Aunt Li, I didn't realize you're quite charming."
There is Lao Liu who delivers soda, Lao Chen who is a dance partner, and Lao Zhou who has never met. There are three suitors in total!
Li Xiuying rolled her eyes: "What are you thinking, kid? She's just my dance partner, a simple dance partner who just wants to dance with me!"
Shi Yue: "Oh, oh, oh, just dancing, I just want to dance with you, I understand, I understand."
Li Xiuying knew at a glance that Shi Yue didn't listen to her words, and she glared at Shi Yue speechlessly.
This kid is just daydreaming!
She said unhappily, "No matter what you think, we are just dance partners."
Of course, those men did want to pursue her, but she didn't want to continue developing a relationship with them.
She can eat whatever she wants, drink whatever she wants, and when she is bored, she can go wherever she wants. She has plenty of old friends to chat with. She lives a happy life, so why should she find a man to burden her?
Shi Yue could more or less tell what Aunt Li meant from her tone, so he stopped talking about it and said, "Aunt Li, we're going home. Do you want to come with us?"
Li Xiuying looked at the time and said, "Let's go back. It's getting late. I'm worried about Nannan being home alone. Wait a minute. I'll go get something."
"good."
Li Xiuying turned around and went back to get her things. She found her bag, said hello to the people in the dance team, and soon returned to Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui, father and daughter.
"Okay, now that we've got our stuff, let's go."
Shi Yue led Shi Qiu Shui and followed Li Xiuying out. They were now in the square west of the small park. The nearest exit to them was the west gate of the park, but the square was a little distance away from the west gate, so they had to walk a distance to the west.
The three of them walked for two or three minutes, and when they were just one big uphill climb away from going out, Shi Qiu Shui's attention was suddenly drawn to a group of people sitting cross-legged next to them.
There was a large group of about sixty or seventy people, including men, women, young and old. They lined up in rows of three or four, in an orderly and neat manner. Shi Qiu Shui looked at them one by one and saw that each of them had their eyes closed, their hands resting on their knees with their palms facing up, sitting cross-legged and quietly.
Shi Qiushui scratched his hair and asked curiously, "Dad, what do they do?"
Shi Yue also shook his head in confusion: "I don't know."
Are these people meditating?
But why do we have to meditate outside?
Li Xiuying, however, explained: "Well, these are for practicing Qigong."
"qigong?"
Shi Yue was puzzled. He knew that Taoism emphasized breathing exercises and some techniques for cultivating the body and mind. If you were to say so, it could barely be considered as qigong. But meditating outside shouldn't be considered practicing qigong, right?
He said, "Isn't this just meditation? It also counts as practicing Qigong?"
Li Xiuying: "You don't understand this, right? Sitting in meditation is a static exercise, standing in a horse stance is a dynamic exercise, and practicing things like the Five Animal Frolics is also qigong."
Shi Yue looked up in surprise: "I didn't expect that, Aunt Li, you know quite a lot?"
Li Xiuying waved her hand: "Well, I just listened to what others said, but I don't really understand it."
She whispered, "I've heard them say qigong is so magical. They say practicing qigong can improve your health and cure illnesses. Even if you're dying, as long as you have a breath left, a master can bring you back to life! They also say some people have achieved immortality through practicing qigong!"
"What the hell?" Shi Yue frowned.
As for whether Qi can maintain health or cure diseases, he really can't guarantee it.
But immortality? That's definitely not possible!
Throughout history, hasn’t the ultimate goal of so many powerful emperors in their lives been to achieve immortality? If practicing qigong can really achieve this goal, why didn’t they practice it?
Li Xiuying guessed what he was thinking when she heard his tone and said with a smile, "You don't believe this either?"
She said disdainfully, "Actually, I don't really believe that. Some people even say qigong can increase crop yields. If qigong really is that omnipotent, then we should all just give up everything else and practice qigong!"
But then she changed the subject and said, "But there are people who believe this stuff. Not to mention telling them it's a lie, even if you tell them you don't believe it in person, they'll get angry. So even if you don't believe it, don't tell anyone."
Shi Yue nodded. He was not stupid and he would definitely not go and tell those who believed in this stuff that it was fake.
He Lala was still curiously watching the fun and was about to leave when the leader of the group practicing qigong noticed the three of them. He walked straight over to them and asked, "Are you interested in qigong?"
To be honest, this leader looks good. Of course, this good does not mean that he is good-looking. His appearance is not that good-looking, but he is the type that can easily make people feel trustworthy. He has a square face with a high and straight nose bridge, which makes people feel that he is an upright person.
In addition, he was wearing the standard square glasses of intellectuals and a rare and neat suit, which really gave him the air of a master.
However, Shi Yue, Shi Qiu Shui and Li Xiuying did not let down their guard against him. They looked at the man in front of them vigilantly.
The man noticed their wariness, but his expression remained unchanged. He continued smiling and said, "I've noticed you've been standing here for a while, and I thought you might be interested in qigong, so I wanted to invite you to experience the power of qigong. Why, don't you want to join in?"
Shi Qiu Shui blinked her eyes. Although she already felt that this man was a liar and qigong was just a scam, she was still very curious about how the liar was going to deceive her.
She tugged at Shi Yue's clothes, pretending to be an ignorant child, and said, "Dad, I want to go play, I want to go play!"
Shi Yue frowned. His daughter's curiosity was too strong. She even wanted to experience being a liar.
But looking at the child who was eager to try, he could only nod helplessly, "Okay."
With him watching over us, nothing will go wrong.
After getting permission, Shi Qiushui asked the man with a curious little round face, "I want to participate, but how are you going to show me the power of qigong? I've seen people perform magic tricks, some breaking rocks with their chests, and some hitting a bull from behind a mountain. Can you show me something similar?"
The leading man twitched his lips speechlessly and said, "I'm not a magician. I can't perform like this."
Shi Qiushui's eyes swirled around as he asked, "Then how are you going to perform?"
The leading man said: "...We don't call it a performance, we call it a power release. I have to start with the stance, practice the power, and then I can release the power."
"Oh oh oh, then you get up." Shi Qiu Shui crossed his arms and looked at him with an expression of praising him as if he was watching a magic trick.
The leading man looked at her expression and held his breath in his heart. This was so unpleasant.
What's wrong with this kid? Is he treating him like a monkey in a show?
But if he wanted to let the child in front of him experience the power of Qigong, he had already released it, and there were so many people watching behind him, he couldn't just walk away at this time.
He could only hold his breath and start to assume the starting position.
He thought to himself, wait until he uses his gong, and see if this kid will be fooled to death by him!
He frowned, took a deep breath, raised his arms, and slowly lowered his arms to his chest with his breathing. Then he took another deep breath and repeated this action. After repeating it three times, he shouted loudly and pushed his hands towards Shi Qiu Shui's back, stopping when he was three or four centimeters away from Shi Qiu Shui's back.
He asked loudly, "Is it hot? Does it hurt? Do you feel a stream of air rushing through your stomach?"
Shi Qiushui replied just as loudly: "It's not hot, it doesn't hurt, I don't feel it!"
"Oh!"
The leading man was startled, withdrew his hand, and started again. He took a deep breath and raised his hand again. After repeating this three times, he pushed his palm forward. This time, Shi Qiu Shui clearly felt water dripping on her back, and then she did feel a little heat on her back.
She twisted her body and frowned: "Well, it seems, it seems a little..."
The leading man asked: "Do you feel the airflow in your stomach?"
"Well, it seems, it seems a little bit, but it doesn't seem to be the case. I feel a little, um..." Shi Qiu Shui frowned, feeling something was not right.
When the leading man heard this, he immediately said, "That's right, you feel it! The energy in your stomach is the true energy I passed on to you. After 49 days of refining, this true energy has already..."
"puff--"
Before the leading man could finish his words, he was interrupted by a loud fart.
Shi Qiushui blushed and said shyly, "I'm sorry, uncle. I really couldn't hold it back..."
But she didn't mean it.
After all, she just said that she was angry.
If there is gas, it must be exhausted...
Although she felt that she did nothing wrong, Shi Qiu Shui still felt a little embarrassed to fart in front of so many people. She hid behind Shi Yue with a red face.
Shi Qiu Shui's face was red, but the leading man's face was black.
It’s really black, so black that it’s almost blue.
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